what is Motion Capture?

Motion Capture is a process of recording movement and translating that movement on to a digital model. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, and medical applications. In filmmaking, it refers to recording actions of human actors, and using that information to animate digital character models in 2D or 3D computer animation. 

Xbox 360 kinect in the studio.

we went into the studio on the xbox 360 kinect. 

These are the games we played.

we were recorded playing the games as we are going to upload them into final cut and create video's from them.

(we were film as an 'animation' to then create an animation.)

the xbox also took pictures it's self whilst we was on the games and these can also be uploaded and used on a time line in final cut.

we were the controllers, so as we moved the 'person' did so on the screen

on the dance and zumba one's we had to follow what the people were doing on the screens and they told us if we was going it right or wrong with green and red lights.

(green = right......... red = wrong)

to select options ect, you had to use your hand. you did this buy waving your hand in front of the screen so it picks you up and then moving you hand to the option you want and keeping it there until the circle has gone round you 'hand' once.

the small white hand is what you control with your hand movement.

these images show how you use your hand to operate the controller.

Kinect Mortal Kombat

this shows you how you have to use your hole body, like to duck, punch and move.

it shows how active the games are and how you are the controller,.

Kinect: Dance Central Full Motion Preview with Jessica Chobot

this video shows you how the movements that happen on the screen you are meant todo.

it also tells you about the red light which shows your doing it wrong and the green light for when your doing it right.

Kinect

Studio Equipment.

1.Canon 5D
2. Cambo camera stand
3. Soft box wafers / striplight wafer
4. Sync lead
5. Bowens Pulsar Radio triggers
6. Bowens 500w lighting
7. Canon 24-105mm zoom lens

Nick Park

In 1990 Park worked alongside advertising agency GGK to develop a series of highly acclaimed television advertisements for the "Heat Electric" campaign. The Creature Comforts advertisements are now regarded as among the best advertisements ever shown on British television, as voted (independently) by viewers of the UK's main commercial channels ITV and Channel 4.

Two more Wallace and Gromit shorts, The Wrong Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995), followed, both winning Oscars. He then made his first feature-length film, Chicken Run (2000), co-directed with Aardman founder Peter Lord. He also supervised a new series of "Creature Comforts" films for British television in 2003.

His second theatrical feature-length film and first Wallace and Gromit feature, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, was released on 5 October 2005, and won Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, 6 March 2006.

In February 2011, Park made his first ever appearance, himself as an animated character in The Simpsons. Lisa Simpson asks Park, in case he does not receive the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film:

Lisa: Good luck, Mr Park. There'd be no shame in losing to you.

Park: Oh, that's very sweet of you. Thank you for saying so. [after shaking hands, Park's fingers come off]

Lisa: Agh!

Park: No worries. I'll just stick 'em back on. I'm more clay than man now.